Abdomen Clinical Correlations Anatomy!

Abdomen  

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Front Back
What nerves in the anterolateral abdomen wall could be injured due to surgical incisions and if injured can cause muscle weakeness an d in the ingunial region may predispose an ind to having or developing an inguinal hernia.
The inferior thoraci spinal nerves (t7-t12) and iliohypogastric and inguinal nerves? where are these nerves found?
In a pt that has undescended testis what are they at great risk for, this is also known as cyrptochordism, what is it it they are greatly at risk for?
Increased risk of developing malignancy in the undescended testis and not usually palpable.
Baby is born and is diagnosed with erythroblastosis or hemolytic anemia and needs a tranfusion, what vein can be used. Now think about a vein that once connected them to their mother, which is only patent for some time after birth and it also forms the ound ligamnent of the placenta
Umbilical vein
Pt comes in to er with a protrusion of the small intestine through the parietal peritoneum and viscera, what would the diagnosis be for this pt
Direct hernia? Why? because direct hernia's are acquired. p. 212
Contraction of the cremaster muscle is elicited by lightly storking the skin on the medial aspect of the sup thigh, what is the nerve that innervates this area?
Illioinguinal nerve
If a 3 year old pt has undescended testis,what can be done in order to get the testes to descend?
Cremasteric reflex
Pt comes in with the prescence of excess fulid in their processus vaginalis, what may this be and what is it associated with
Hydrocele and associated with an indirect hernia
Pt comes in with inflammation of the peritoneum
Peritonitis
Pt comes into ER with bloated stomach and excess fluid in the peritoneal cavity, can be due to starvation, mechanical injury, hypertension, cancer in abdominal viscera
Ascites
What procedure would a doctor do to drain fluid from the abdominal wall
Paracentesis
What artery must be ligated or clamped during cholecystesctomy, which is removal of the gall bladder.
Cystic artery
Waht organ is the most frequently injured organ in the body even if it's well protected by the 9th -12th ribs, it is usually injured when there is a marked increase in intra abdominal pressure
This would be the spleen
What structure int the posterior wall can be injured from a sudden severe, forceful compression of the bdomen, such as impingement on a sterring wheel in an auto accidement
Pancreas, ketchups' fav
Pt comes into ER with right upper quadrant pain due to a rbi fracture, what internal organ may also have tears and be damaged
Liver
The diaphragm is supplied by which nerves
Phrenic nerves c345